VIRTUALITIES AND REALITIES RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2 day Open Fields Conference | October 19-21, 2017 RIXC Center for New Media Culture, Arts Academy of Latvia, National Arts Museum & RIXC Gallery, Riga, Latvia. RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL VIRTUALITIES AND REALITIES aims to establish a space for artistic interventions and conversations about the complex implications of augmented and virtual reality. Immersive technologies coupled with virtual environments, artificial intelligence algorithms, faster processors, and biometrics are launching a new era in virtual experiences. RIXC Art Science Festival is internationally renown gathering for artists and scholars working at the intersection of arts, digital humanities and science. The festival programme features the 2nd edition of Open Fields conference on artistic research, exhibitions, performances and VR artwork showcases. The main festival events will take place from October 19–21, 2017, in some of Riga’s most visible